Pickup Color Codes

Find pickup wire color codes for different pickup builders

Get Your New Pickups Installed - A Pickup Wiring Guide

Below you will find wiring info, and pickup color codes for the worlds most popular pickup builders.

Find wiring color codes for

Single Coils
Seymour Duncan
Lollar
Tonerider
Gibson
Epiphone
Dimarzio
Mojotone
Fender
Barenuckle
Suhr

If your pickup builder is not included below, please check with the manufacturers install instructions.

Our Included 'Technical Terms' guide may also help you work out which wire is which. e.g 'North Start' is often a term used for the 'Hot' wire.

Single Coil Pickups

VINTAGE / TWO WIRE
- Hot = White / Yellow
- Ground = Black
VINTAGE / THREE WIRE
- Hot = White
- Ground = Black
- Sheild Ground = Green / Yellow - Send to spare ground slot
FENDER N4 & ULTRA NOISELESS
- Hot = White / Blue / Red
- Ground = Black
- Sheild Ground = Green - Send to spare ground slot

Humbucker Colour Codes

FOUR WIRE - TECHNICAL TERMS
- Hot = North Start
- Ground = South Start
- Series 1 = North Finish
- Series 2 = South Finish
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare Wire
To use humbuckers in single coil slots: Solder two 'series split' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything. Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'Hot' and 'Ground' wires as usual.
TWO WIRE
- Hot = Inner Core
- Ground = Outer Braid / Bare Wire

Seymour Duncan, Lollar & Tonerider

SEYMOUR DUNCAN
- Hot = Black
- Ground = Green
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Red
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'red and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = black' and 'ground = green'.
TONERIDER
- Hot = Red
- Ground = Green
- Series 1 = Black
- Series 2 = White
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'black and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = red' and 'ground = green'.
LOLLAR
- Hot = Black
- Ground = Green
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Red
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'red and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = black' and 'ground = green'.

Gibson, Ephiphone & Dimarzio

GIBSON & EPIPHONE
- Hot = Red
- Ground = Black
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Green
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'green and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = red' and 'ground = black'.
DIMARZIO
- Hot = Red
- Ground = Green
- Series 1 = Black
- Series 2 = White
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'black and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = red' and 'ground = green'.

Mojotone & Fender

FENDER
- Hot = Green
- Ground = Red
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Black
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'black & white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = green' and 'ground = red'.
MOJOTONE
- Hot = Black
- Ground = Green
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Red
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'red and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.

Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = black' and 'ground = green'.

Bareknuckle & Suhr

BAREKNUCKLE
- Hot = Red
- Ground = Black
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Green
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'green and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.
Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = red' and 'ground = black'.
SUHR
- Hot = Black
- Ground = Green
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Red
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'red and white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.
Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = black' and 'ground = green'.

GFS & PRS

PRS
- Hot = Black
- Ground = White
- Series 1 = Red
- Series 2 = NONE
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Tape off 'red' so it does not ground out on anything. Do not insert to harness.
Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = black' and 'ground = white'.
GFS
- Hot = Green
- Ground = Black
- Series 1 = White
- Series 2 = Red
- Bare Pickup Ground = Bare
To use in Single coil slots: Solder 'red & white' wires together, and tape them off so they do not ground out on anything.
Send 'bare' wire to a spare ground slot, and use 'hot = green' and 'ground = black'.

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I love the quality and ease of install. My previous setup looked like a bird's nest but now it's neat and clean. I notice greater variability in volume and tone.

Install Time: 11 - 20 minutes

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Love my New Harness! Super Fast install! Sounds incredible with my Gen 4 Noiseless Fender Stratocaster Pickups! Can't wait to play more!

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Dropped right In should have done this a long time ago

Install Time: 30 - 60 minutes

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I love the concept but the parts hold it back. Despite saying the pots are CTS they don’t feel like it. The CTS pots I have in other guitars feel way smoother and give a more positive response. Also the switch I got has a lot of play feeling very cheap (It has no brand markings so I can’t tell if my sample is typical). All of this is very disappointing given the price. The best part is the Pure Tone jack (I swear by them.) I could have bought quality parts and payed someone to install them for the same or less money.

Hi Phill,

Thank you for your feedback. I am sorry to hear you are not enjoying your new Pro-Wired Electronics as much as we would hope.

I can confirm that we do use CTS pots. These are contract manufactured by CTS for us, using a 'Low-Torque' design which allows for easier turning, and a longer wear life. CTS also offers a standard torque option, which may be what you are used to.

Best Regards,
Mathew